tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717717.post150277246757732519..comments2023-04-01T08:36:48.921-07:00Comments on De Nihilo Nihil: Washing our hands in the abortion debateTyler Howerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14582328854031848627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717717.post-79321085349801832972016-08-05T10:03:01.149-07:002016-08-05T10:03:01.149-07:00That's exactly right, but let me say a couple ...That's exactly right, but let me say a couple of things about that argument. First, I think it underestimates the way that we are in control of our fates. A woman—because this an argument about the need for the woman to have discipline—might well be responsible and ready to accept a child, but situations can make that much more difficult after conception, e.g., a changed financial situation, tragedies in the family, the discovery that the child is going to be handicapped or disabled or need many surgeries. If you aren't doing something to help those women raise their children, then I'm not sure you were pro-life at all. Second, that argument will only work if you make rape and incest exceptions and I suspect you are going to need to make some other ones, too. Third, if a child is viewed as something like a punishment for misbehavior or a chastisement for a lack of control, then I'm not sure there's anything pro-life in your outlook. It's definitely anti-abortion, but that was part of my point. Tyler Howerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14582328854031848627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717717.post-86330113754693598572016-08-04T23:33:00.698-07:002016-08-04T23:33:00.698-07:00Not saying I agree with this, but isn't at lea...Not saying I agree with this, but isn't at least some pro-life rhetoric based in a worldview in which people are expected to have personal discipline, with the implication both that someone who doesn't want children should just not have sex, and someone who has children shouldn't expect society to bail them out of this responsibility?Andrew Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149921396698798441noreply@blogger.com